Chapter 302: Demon King Tianfeng’s Cave Dwelling

Chapter 302: Demon King Tianfeng’s Cave Dwelling

Daoist Zhou saw that his grandson seemed to be daydreaming, so he berated him, "Don't just stand there. We’re doing something for the ruler here, don’t embarrass us.”

Zhou Huayu immediately focused on controlling the Walking Corpses under his command.

The Walking Corpses continued to sniff the blood for a while, causing Tu Qingqiu to grow impatient. Frowning slightly, she asked, "How much longer?"

The Daoist Zhou smiled. "We’re almost done. We just need to let them remember the scent, so they’ll be able to track him down more easily."

"Daoist Zhou, wouldn't your Copper-Armored Corpses track him down faster?" asked Tu Qingqiu.

The Daoist Zhou shook his head slightly. "Walking Corpses are more adept at tracking. They have a more sensitive perception of blood essence, like the innate gifts of wild beasts. Copper-Armored Corpses are different; we integrate many spiritual materials during their refinement. This weakens their innate gifts, but enhances their combat power.

Tu Qingqiu glanced at the sniffing Walking Corpses. There was a sliver of disgust in her eyes. "So you’re saying that Copper-Armored Corpses aren't as pure as Walking Corpses?"

"You could say that.” Daoist Zhou chuckled. “When Walking Corpses reach a high level of cultivation, they can even become immortals. At that time, who would still consider them just Walking Corpses?"

Tu Qingqiu didn’t say anything to that.

After about the time it took to drink a cup of tea, Daoist Zhou put away the porcelain bottle. The Walking Corpses had turned restless suddenly, and they all stared southward.

"The princess is to the south," said Daoist Zhou.

Tu Qingqiu nodded. "Let's go."

She immediately dashed toward the south.

Sighing, Daoist Zhou turned to his disciples. "Follow the Corpses, but don’t embarrass me this time,” he said. “Remember this, we’re only responsible for tracking the sword cultivator down for them, so don’t get in any conflicts with him.”

"Yes!" replied the disciples in unison before following the Corpses.

After they left, Shopkeeper Lin emerged from the Heavenly Treasure Pavilion. He clearly hadn’t wanted to show himself with them lest Fang Chen bunched him up with them later.

"Zhou Wuji from the Blood Corpse Sect is here too. It seems that the ruler isn't planning to let things slide and is determined to find that sword cultivator," muttered Shopkeeper Lin.

Qin Wei, who was beside him, whispered, "The Qinghu Empire might bring itself a whole lot of trouble because of this.”

"Sure, sword cultivators are indeed not to be trifled with, but...” Shopkeeper Lin smiled, “do you think the Qinghu Empire is easy to mess with either?"

Suddenly, however, the frog noticed the princess, and it hastily bowed respectfully. “I pay my respects to you, Princess!”

The other frog demon also hurried forward to bow.

"Is Uncle Tianfeng here?" asked the princess offhandedly, her eyes signaling subtly. However, the two demons didn’t even dare meet her eyes.

"The demon king has gone out,” said one of them.

"In that case, we'll wait for him inside," said Fang Chen with a faint smile.

"Princess, who are these human cultivators?"

"They are Uncle Tianfeng’s friends. They’re here to visit him. Can you two open the door to the cave? We'll wait inside," said the princess.

Normally, the two demons would not allow outsiders inside so easily. However, the person before them was the princess, the most beloved daughter of the empire’s ruler. The two little demons exchanged glances and immediately opened the door to the cave, leading the group inside.

Jiang Tianai looked around with curiosity as they walked. He noticed that the cave was patrolled both inside and out by demon cultivators, it was like a fortress of sorts. The cultivation levels of the demons ranged from the fourth to the eighth stage of the Qi Refining Realm.

One of the frog demons was left confused by the fact that Fang Chen was carrying someone with his spiritual energy, but he didn’t dare ask about it.

Soon, they were led to the guest hall.

As the two frog demons prepared to leave, Fang Chen spoke up, "Where is Demon King Tianfeng’s room? Take me there to have a look."

A frog demon turned furious. "How can you be so rude! No one is allowed entry to Demon King Tianfeng’s room. Anyone who shall trespass inside will die!"

The princess intervened here. "Take us there to have a look. Uncle Tianfeng won't blame us.”

The two frog demons were perplexed. "Princess, what are you...?"

"What's wrong?” The princess frowned. “Don't tell me you don't believe me?"

"We wouldn’t dare doubt you, Princess, but this is a rule set by the demon king. We are only low-level Qi Refining Realm cultivators, we dare not disobey his orders," explained a frog demon.

"You can beat it, then," said Fang Chen with a faint smile. With a flash of silver light, the heads of the two frog demons rolled to the ground.

Seeing her kind slaughtered, the princess felt extremely angry.